"Zi-O isn’t the best but it's ten if not a hundred times better as an anniversary season than flippin' Decade because they actually bothered to bring the actors from the shows it celebrates back, not create some dumb alternate universe garbage where our favorite Riders are exchanged for people we've never seen before and will never care about instead".

Seriously, people apparently talk up Decade like it's the second coming of Christ now that they're bored with Zi-O, but no matter how bland and boring Zi-O as a Rider is, it's an anniversary series done right. I actually get to see the characters I'm familiar with again, we get unique forms instead of just "transforming into past Riders" and honestly, the characters and stories are much more enjoyable than anything Decade had to offer.

In my opinion, Decade acted more of a gateway to Kamen Rider series more than an anniversary one, because I'm pretty sure thanks to Decade the fanbase have gotten bigger.

On the other hand, I like Zi-O. It's a slow burn, but so does many Rider shows since Drive. Hell, Ghost have gotten better when Necrom arrived and was at its peak when Takeru gained Grateful. It's just when he gets Mugen the show returned to donwhill.

Also people gave Sougo and Geiz hate way too much. I admit I was worried with Sougo since episode one, but he is serviceable and has room for improvement. And Geiz, you can tell he's slowly accepting Sougo, but his tsundere attitude comes first. People just hate them way too easy just because Build and Cross-Z are one of the most memorable Riders.

Yes considering it was the transition from phase 1 to 2, and also a time killer because Bandai and Toei probably planned the shift for rider shows to start at fall to avoid competing with Super Sentai as of 2009 ever since its conception.

Decade ended with a lot of plot holes and questions that needed to be answered.

Why did Tsukasa have amnesia?

What did he do to piss off all of the Riders, and why did Narutaki hate him so much?

Where did Decade come from and how did Tsukasa get those powers?

There's probably a lot more that I'm forgetting but yeah, these questions never got answered even after Tsukasa kept appearing in other Rider shows and movies. So yes, Decade absolutely needs a second season to flush it out more.

Hell, the first season shouldn't have ended with 30 episodes.

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Originally Posted by ZeoRangerV

And Toei couldn't care less. You aren't the target audience, get over it.

It was pretty good; watched it last month and enjoyed it way more than Zi-O so far. Certainly doesn't help that its takes on Kabuto and Kiva were way better than the actual series, but there was a lot of stuff I found to enjoy despite the disjointed ending, and how it relied on a movie to end when a series should never have to do that.

I just finished watching Decade for the first time recently, and watching it while Zi-O is airing was interesting since I could easily compare the two. Having now seen all of Decade, I can easily say I would definitely not want more of that instead of Zi-O. Decade was the second worst Rider show I've seen, I'm not even a particularly big fan of Zi-O so far but I think it's vastly superior to Decade already.

Tsukasa was the only thing I thought was good about Decade, I'm actually glad he's back in Zi-O and hope he sticks around for a while. It's nice having him in a show with coherent writing where other characters besides him have personalities. I much prefer having him around as a supporting character in Zi-O than getting cursed with more episodes of Decade.